Dedication: Amos Salvador (1923-2007)

摘要

This dedication was slightly modified by Paul Mann from one originally prepared for the general faculty of the University of Texas by William Fisher, Mark Cloos, and William Muehlberger submitted on March 6, 2008.Amos Salvador, professor emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, long known for his contributions to stratigraphic classification, geology and resources of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basins-and most recently for a book on the future of energy resources-died December 2, 2007, of complications from pneumonia while battling a malignant brain tumor. He was 84.